Improvement in shutter-hooks



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D. CQsAGE; oF MIDDLETCWN, CONNECTICUT.

" Letters Patent No. 95,146, dated September 21, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN sHUTTER-Hooxs. v

'l'he Schedulerefyerred to in these Letters Patent and making parl: of the same.

To all whom .tt ma@ concern:

Be it known that I, D. C. SAGE, of Middletown, in

the county' of Mddlesex,and State of Connecticut, have invented certain- Improvements on Shutter- .Hooksg and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and lexact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, i'n whichi Figure l i's a perspective view of the shutter-hook, with screw-attachments.

Figure 2 is -a perspective view of the shutter-hook button, with screw-fastening.

Figure 3 is a sectionalview of the shutter-hook and its 'screw-fastening, and an external view of Athe button applied to thehook.

Figure 4 isa front view `of the hook and its button. Slmllar letters oi' reference indicate corresponding parts in the several igurs.` It consists, first, in-tlienovel construction of the bearing for the hook of the inside.shutter-fastening `hereinafter desc'xibed, said bearing being' furnished with a screw-threaded stem, and with a central orice `for the reception of the pivot of the hook, all in such manner that the hook and its bearing can be readily applied to a shutter by'screwing thefbearing therein.

It consists, seco'nd,`in eeeting the combination of the hook with the hook-bearing, which has a screwthreaded stem, by means of alpivoawhiehforins a part of the hook and enters through the faceof the hearing-plate, andr is riveted, as will bev hereinafter c; explained.

It consists, third, in the inside shutter-fastening hereinafter described,- composed, irst, ofthe hookbearing with serew-threaded4 stern and plate; second; of the hook `with the rivet-pivot; and third, of the button G, with screw-threaded stem,lnutbearing, neck, and head,all for use together, as will be hereinafter explained. f y L To enablezothers skilled in the art to understand "my invention, I will describe its construction 'and operation.

Prior to my invention, shutter-hooks and their button-fastenings were constructed with wide plates,

Q `through which holes were `m'adefor, receiving common 1 "wood-screwslfor'attaching said plates to the shutters. l Under this mode of constructing the hooks and buttons, four screws were required to fasten them to the shutters, the heads of which screws, being exposed to view, presented an'nnsightly appearance. y i The hook A consists of a straight shank or body, al,

having a rounded portion, a2, formed on one end, and a slotted or hooked portion, a, formed on the other end.

Upon the back and in the centre of the portion a,

'a stud, b, is cast or otherwise formed, which is intended to serve as a pintlev forY the hook, and also a rivet-attachment of the hook to its bearing B, as

shown in lig. 3. l

The bearing B consists of an angular nut-head, b,

and an externally screw-threaded portion, b2, which latter is hollow, for the purpose of allowing a tool to be inserted into it for mashing down or riveting the end of the stud b1, which latteris inserted loosely through a hole made through the centre of the nut- The button-head c, and its lcontracted neck c1, are formed centrally upon the end of a bearing, C, which consists of an angular head or nut, c3, and an externally-threaded stem, c2. This bearing, with its button-head, may be cast solid.

To apply the bearings B O to shutters, it is only necessary to bore holes into the shutters, and by means of a wrench applied to thev nuts of said bearings, screw them home. y Having described myv invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The construction of the hook-bearing B of the inside shutter-fastening herein described with a screwthreaded steunt, and with a central orilice for the reception ot' the pivot of the hook, substantially as herein described 'and shown.

2. The combination of the hook A with the sh ntter-hook bearing B, wl1ich has a screw-threaded stem,

by means of a pivot whichA forms a part of the hook, and enters through the face of the plate b, and isriveted, substantially in the manner shown and described. y

3. The inside shutter-fastenin g herein described, consisting, first, of the bearing B, with screw-threaded stem b2 and plate vb second, of the hook A with the rivet-pivot b1 and, third, the but-ton, O, with screwthreaded stern c, nut-bearings c3, neck c, and head c, all for use .together substantially in the manner and for the purpose described.4 l

D. C. SAGE.

Witnesses: 1

A; PUTNAM, `HENRY WooDwARD. 

